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 114. TO HIS WIFE ON HIS DEPARTURE—I

��These three poems were written in 755 when he was setting out to join Li Ling, the prince of Yung.

As to the significance of the Hill of Wang-fu, see the note under No. 105. There was a hill by that 'name near Hsuan-cheng, Anhweu

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��Thrice my prince has called. I shall go, and not return. To-morrow morn I take leave of you, *K\

And cross the pass of Wu Kuan. ^

In vain you shall look for me in the white jade house, But you must go and climb the Hill of Wang-fu long- ingly.

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